Athletics - Rudisha comeback continues at US Diamond League

Olympic champion David Rudisha attends the adidas Grand Prix celebration in New York on June 12, 2014. (AFP Photo/Jamie McCarthy)

- Kenya's David Rudisha will take another step on his road back from injury on Saturday when he runs the 800m at the New York Diamond League athletics meeting.

The reigning world and Olympic champion missed almost all of the 2013 season with a knee injury, returning a fortnight ago with a seventh-placed finish in the 800m at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon.

"Before Eugene, I told my coach that I wanted to start racing and felt like I was capable of running 1:44, which I did, and it showed me where I am at," said Rudisha.

"Probably I am expecting to do 1:43 or better than that," Rudisha, 25, said on Friday.